Hay-rack



Patented Oct. I8, |898.

E TROY HVAY RACK.

N0. 6l2,533. A Patented Oct. I8, [898.

E. TROY.

HAY BACK.

(Application filed May 31, 1898.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2A @a 5 Eg s .Jy) y prins.,

EDWARD TROY, or LAonv, Iowa.'

HAY-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,533, dated October 18, 1898.

Application filed May 3l, 1898. Serial No. 682,209. (No model.)

To @ZZ4 whom t may concern..- l

Be it known that l, EDWARD TROY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lacey, in the county of Mahaska and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Hay-Rack, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in hay-racks.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of `hay-racks and to provide a simple, strong,and durable one of inexpensive construction adapted to be readily placed on and removed from the runninggear of awagon and capable when not in use of being compactly arranged to facilitate storing and shipping.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hay-rack constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig2 isa longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is'a transverse sec- 4tional view on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a similar view on line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig.` 5 is a horizontal sectional view of therear end of the hay-rack. Fig. 6 isa detail perspective view of the front cross-bar;l Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of the frontend of one of the side portions of the hay-rack. Fig. 8 is a similar view of the rear end of the same.

Like numerals of reference'designate corresponding parts in'all the figures of the drawings. i

1 1 designate longitudinal sills designed to be mounted on the holsters 2 of a runninggear and connected by front and rear crossbars 3 and 4 and intermediate cross-bars 5, and the said sills are provided "at their outer faces with brackets 6 and7 toreceive the standards of the `holsters 2. The cross-bars are provided at one side of the hay-ra'ckwith is provided at interif'als with bars l1, proi jecting above the sill and tting in loops or keepers 12 of the adjacent ends of the crossbars and vsecured in suoli engagement by spring-catches 13, mounted on the end crossbars and provided with arms 13, which pass through perforations of the loopsvand engage registering perforations of the bars 11. Each spring-catch, whichis provided with an intermediate spring-coil, 4is'preferably fulorumed between its ends, and its outer portion 13b is adapted to be readily depressed when it is desired to withdrawthe inner engaging portions from the loops and the bars. Spring-catches may, if desired, be mounted on each of the cross-bars, or they may be arranged only at the ends of the hay-rack.

Each cross-bar isprovided with a depending frame 14, interposed between the sills and adapted to hold the same firmly against the standards ofthe holsters and prevent them from moving inward toward each other. This `frame consists of alowerloopl and support'- ing-arlns 16, 17, and 18, arranged at the ends and center of the loop and secured to the cross-bar at opposite sides thereof, as shown. One side 19 ofthe loop is straight and connects the lowerends of the arms 16 and 18, and the other side 20 is substantially L-shaped and is connected with the side 19 by a shortl transverse portion. One armof the L-shaped side of the loop isdisposed at a slight inclination and the otherarm is vertical, and this latter arm and the supporting-arm 16 bear against theV inner face of the adjacent end sill. The other end of the frame engages an inclined face cfa substantially wedge-shaped casting 21, secured to one of the sills and adapted as the frame is forced downward between the sills to cause the latter to be spread by the frame'and held tightly against the standards of the holsters. l

The cross-bars support side portions 22, which are provided at their rear portions with wheel-guards 24 and which are composed of longitudinal bars or rails spaced apart, as shown, and connected by central and end braces 25 and 26 and by a rear loop 27. The central brace 25, which is constructed of metal, consists of a transverse portion and a pair of arms arranged at the ends of the transverse portion and extending longitudi IOO nally of the. hay-rack in opposite directions and secured to the inner faces of the longitudinal bars or rails.

The end brace 26, which is substantially rectangular, is composed of a transverse portion and a pair of parallel sides or arms eX- tending inward from the transverse portion and secured to the inner edges of the longitudinal bars or rails. The transverse portion of the brace 26, which is arranged at the front end of the hay-rack, carries a proj ectingstud or pin 28, adapted to engage an eye 29 of a plate 80, whereby the side portion 22 is secured to the front cross-bar, and the latter is provided at its ends with upwardly-extending projections 3l, preferably formed by hooks and located at the outer edges of the side portions 22.

The loop 27, which is located at the rear end of the hay-rack, has a depending outer portion forming a pintle and hinging a tongue 32 to the rear end of the side portion 22. This tongue lit-s in a vertical socket of the rear cross-bar and is provided with a perforation or recess registering with a corresponding perforation or recess of the socket and the cross-bar. The cross-bar is provided near each end with a socket 33, which is open at its outer side to facilitate introducing the tongue into the same, and the said tongue is secured in the socket by a spring-catch. One of the tongues is engaged by the outer portion 13 of the catch 13, and the other tongue is engaged bya catch 34, similar to those before described.

The hay-rack is provided with front and rear standards 35 and 3G, which are provided at their lower ends with sockets 37, adapted to engage pivoted arms or bars 38, whereby the standards may be adjusted to a position against the cross-bars or folded inward. The bars or arms 38 are pivoted at their lower ends and are provided between their ends with eyes 39, which receive curved guides 40, mounted onthe inner faces of the sills and suitably secured to the same. The upper ends of the pivoted arms or bars are provided with perforations adapted to register with corresponding perforations of the sockets and to be engaged by spring-catches 4l.

One of the front standards is provided at its upper end with an L.-shaped piece 42, forming a horizontal arm, which is provided with a perforation adapted to receive an L,shaped rod 43, mounted on the other front standard and having one portion arranged horizontal and thel other vertical. rlhe horizontal portion of the rod is preferably provided with a depending extension or arm, whereby it is attached to the standard.

The invention has the following advantages:A

The hay-rack, which is adapted to be readily mounted on and removed from the rum nin g-gear of avehicle, is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction and possesses great strength and durability, and

when it is taken apart it may be compactly stored and easily shipped.

The parts are detachably interlocked in a positive and reliable manner and cannot become accidentally disconnected through the jolting and straining of the parts incident to traveling over a rough road-bed.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

What I claim isl. A hay-rack, comprising a pair of longi tudinal sills provided at intervals with projecting portions, the projecting portions at one side being provided with eyes, cross-bars mounted on the sills and provided near one end with hooks engaging the said eyes, loops mounted on the cross-bars at the other side of the rack and receiving the adjacent projections, and means for retaining the loops and the projections in their engagement, substantially as described.

2. Ahay-rack comprisinglongitudinal sills, bars arranged at intervals and projecting upward from the sills and provided at one side of the rack with eyes, cross-bars mounted on the sills and provided at one side of the rack with hooks to engage said eyes and having loops or keepers at the other side of the rack to receive the adjacent projecting bars, and the side portions composed of longitudinal bars or rails interlocked with the end crossbars, substantially as described.

3. Ahay-rack,comprisinglongitudinalsills, bars projecting upwardfrom the sills and provided at one side of the rack Wit-h eyes, crossbars provided with hooks engaging the eyes and located at one side of the rack, loops or keepers mounted on the cross-bars at the other side of the rack and receiving the pro .jecting bars, catches mounted on the end cross-bars at one side of the rack and locking the adjacent keepers or loops and the bars together, and the side portions 22 arranged on the upper edges of the cross-bars and interlocked with the end ones, substantially as described.

1l. In a hay-rack, the combination of the end cross-bars, an eye arranged on one of the cross-bars, a socket mounted on the other cross-bar7 the side portion 22 provided with a projection located at one end of the rack and engaging said eye, a tongue mounted on the side portion at the other end of the rack and fitting in the said socket, and a catch detachably locking the tongue in the socket, substantially as described.

5. In a hay-rack, the combination with a cross bar and a side portion, of a socket mounted on the cross-bar and open at the top and one side, a tongue mounted on the side portion and fitting in the socket and adapted to be disengaged therefrom by sliding the side portion laterally, and a catch for locking the tongue in the socket, substantially as described.

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G. In a hay-rack, the combination of a crossbar having a loop or keeper at one side and provided at the other with a socket, a sill supporting the cross-bar and having a projection fitting in the loop or keeper, a side portion provided with a tongue arranged in the socket, and a catch fulcrumed between its ends and having one end arranged to lock the tongue in the socket, the other end of the catch securing the projection in the loop or the keeper, substantially as described.

7. In a hay-rack, the combination of a pair of sills, a wedge carried by one of the sills, a cross-bar, and a frame depending from the cross-bar, interposed between the sills and engaged by the wedge, whereby the frame is caused to spread the sills, substantially as described. l

8. In a hay-rack, the combination of a pair of sills, a wedge mounted on one of the sills at the inner face thereof, a cross-bar, and a frame comprising depending arms secured to the cross-bar, and a loop carried by the arms, interposed between the sills and engaging the wedge, substantially as described.

9. In a hay-rack, the combination of a pair of sills, a cross-bar, and a frame depending from the cross-bar and comprising arms arranged at the center and ends of the frame, anda loop carried by the arms and having a straight side and a substantially L-shaped side extending upward and forming a vertical arm at one end of the frame, substantially as described.

IO. The combination in a hay-rack, of a end with a socket to receive the bar, and having a catch engaging the bar, and retaining the standard on the same, said standard being adapted to swingen the pivoted bar to arrange it in an upright position and to fold it upon the hay-rack, substantially as described. v

I2. In a hay-rack, the combination. of a frame, a bar pivoted to the frame and provided with an eye, a curved guide mounted on the frame and passing through the eye, and a folding standard adapted to swing upward and downward with the bar, provided at its lower end with a socket to receive the same, and having a catch engaging the bar and retaining the standard thereon, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afliXe-d my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD TROY. 

